Oh, how they change eh. Liberals are turning blue over our opposition to Sonia Sotamayer, calling us “racist” to oppose her because she’s hispanic.

Indeed Jonah Goldberg asks “Is Opposing Satomayor Anti-Hispanic“?

“If I may offer a tangential observation on this point. No, of course it’s not anti-Hispanic. But one advantage for Obama in picking the most left-leaning Hispanic possible/confirmable is that it actually allows the Democrats to — once again — cast Republicans as anti-Hispanic. If Obama picked a centrist, opposition would have been principled, but pro-forma. By picking Sotomayor, conservatives will no doubt demand full-throated opposition, which plays perfectly to Obama’s purposes (so long as he doesn’t dump Sotomayor for some, any, reason). I don’t think this was the key factor in his decision, but you can be sure the White House will love casting conservative opposition in those terms.”

They can try, but democrats have no room to talk on that point.

Remember Miguel Estrada – a hispanic – and Democratic opposition to this hugely qualified pick for the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals? How Senate Democrats used a filibuster to prevent his nomination from being given a final confirmation vote on the full Senate floor. The process became so long that after 28 months of his life being on hold he finally withdrew.

Regardless of his troubles later on Democrats completely ganged up from the beginning to give Alberto Gonzales a rough ride. Gonzales – although not from the Bronx – was a Harvard-educated attorney whose parents were migrant workers.

Again, absolutely no moral authority on this point – don’t let them get away with it.

Sotamayor may well get confirmed by the senate, but we fully expect our senators to put up the fight based on point about her liberal activists positions.